UN nuclear disarmament rep ‘counting on Canada’ to help bridge tricky international divides

'Disarmament is not something idealistic or a utopian ideology,' says UN high rep for disarmament affairs Izumi Nakamitsu, and that it's 'part of security.'
The UN’s high representative for disarmament affairs Izumi Nakamitsu says 'disarmament and arms control agreements have always sought to be an instrument for national security and collective security.'
With the risk of a nuclear detonation believed by the UN to be at its “highest level since the end of the Cold War,” the head of the body's disarmament office says Canada is uniquely positioned to help play a uniting role between divergent parties at the UN’s upcoming nuclear weapon non-prolif...

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